Higurashi When They Cry: Atonement Arc, Vol. 1

In the twenty years since the Hinamizawa disaster, the small village has
become a literal ghost town. Terrible rumors about the mysterious gas
leak that claimed hundreds of lives have kept even the most curious at
bay. But on this night, fate has led five strangers to the abandoned
mountain hamlet-among them a certain Mion Sonozaki. As the footsteps of
the living echo through the abandoned halls of Furude shrine, the
sleeping demons of Hinamizawa stir once again...

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In the twenty years since the Hinamizawa disaster, the small village has
become a literal ghost town. Terrible rumors about the mysterious gas
leak that claimed hundreds of lives have kept even the most curious at
bay. But on this night, fate has led five strangers to the abandoned
mountain hamlet-among them a certain Mion Sonozaki. As the footsteps of
the living echo through the abandoned halls of Furude shrine, the
sleeping demons of Hinamizawa stir once again...

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